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Gov. Polis signs prison bill targeting Colorado’s overcrowding crisis
Marissa Ventrelli | marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a corrections bill that seeks to ease chronic overcrowding in state prisons by expanding earned‑time credits …
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Attorney general candidate Doshi puts ‘Hetal to the metal’ in Colorado Democrat’s 1st TV ad
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health
Will Weissert | will.weissert@associatedpress.com
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Tapped: Douglas County looks to diversify water supply as population grows
Nicholas Fogleman | nicholas.fogleman@denvergazette.com
2026 Elections
Tina Peters thanks Polis for shortening her sentence, calls Colorado Democrats’ censure a ‘travesty’
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
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Legislature overrules state Supreme Court decisions, federal judges contend with violations of orders | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Tina Peters thanks Polis for shortening her sentence, calls Colorado Democrats’ censure a ‘travesty’
Ernest Luning | ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Federal judge green-lights jury visit to Aurora detention center in forced-labor lawsuit
Michael Karlik | michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
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Colorado Politics Calendar May 25-31
Rachael Wright, Special to Colorado Politics | 05/23/2026
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county…
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Processing plants are an important piece of the ag puzzle | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel | rachel-gabel@coloradopolitics.com
Concrete barricades blocked the entrance to the Cargill beef plant in Ft. Morgan, Colo., on May 20. About 1,700 workers had been locked out by the company …
